Travel Style: Mitch Willey

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Mitch Willey

Name: Mitch Willey

Occupation: Founder and President, Time & Place Homes, a concierge vacation home rental company

Hometown: Washington, DC

Residence: Charlottesville, VA

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Short Bio: As President and Founder of Time & Place Homes, Mitch Willey parlayed his 20-year career in international law and his passion for the preservation and renovation of historic properties into a unique, luxury travel offering. During extensive business and personal travel, he took note of the shortcomings of both five-star hotels – which lacked privacy and family space – and apartment rentals – which lacked concierge services. In 2001 he launched Time and Place, which offers the services, convenience and security of a five-star hotel in the privacy of spectacular homes. Today he travels the globe curating unique, special, iconic properties for the Time & Place portfolio and identifies concierges passionate about their destination to live like a local. Home base is the Relais & Chateaux Clifton Inn in Charlottesville, VA, which he has owned for more than 25-years.

How often do you fly: 7-8 times per month

How many countries have you been to: more than 30

How many continents have you been to: 3

Favorite American city: Seattle for its landscape and views

Favorite international city: Buenos Aires

Least favorite country: Austria – people are stiff and too formal

Favorite World Heritage Site: Berlin Wall

Favorite airline: JetBlue

Favorite aircraft type: The old double-decker 747

Aisle or window: Window

Favorite airport lounge: Charles de Gaulle

Favorite U.S. airport: Long Beach – small enough you can walk to your rental car

Favorite international airport: Barcelona

Favorite ho R&C Caesar Augustus, Ana Capri on Capri

Do you unpack into the dresser/closet? Or live out of your suitcase? Suitcase

Favorite cruise line: Prefer canoe

Favorite island: Nantucket

Favorite beach: Laguna Beach

Favorite fancy restaurant: Inn at Little Washington

Favorite hole in the wall: Café San Juan in Buenos Aires

Favorite fruit: Orange

Favorite food: Popcorn

Least favorite food: Lima Beans

Drink of choice (In the air and on the ground): (air) sparkling water (ground) Sam Adams

Five things you bring on a plane: Bottle of water, iPad, bose headphones, agenda, pen

What do you always seem to forget: Contact lens solution

What do you want your loved one to buy you from an airport duty free store? Ralph Lauren Purple

Favorite travel app(s): Hotel Tonight

Most embarrassing travel moment: Accidentally went to Ft. Lauderdale airport instead of Miami – running late already,turned in rental car, dragged family through airport only to find there wasn’t a flight from there at all – had to backtrack to Miami.

Worst travel moment: Being on a US-bound plane from France on 9/11/01; learning about the bombings and realizing my wife was potentially in the Pentagon – and that the world had forever changed.

What’s your dream destination: Mykonos, Greece – I love the whole theme, the great nightlife – and because of that nightlife and that I’m an early riser, I can go to the beach early in morning and have it to myself for hours.

Favorite travel charity: Although they aren’t travel-related in mission, AIDS organization amfAR hosts their events around the globe and also auctions great travel experiences as a fundraising tool.

Best travel tip: Pack wisely – of course you want to bring the minimum number of clothes you need to look your best from the beach to sports to casual to business attire; but if you have a unifying theme – such as a color – it makes it easy to tie everything together as well as to streamline outfits.

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